Last Thurday, Lisa, Penny, and I heading down to the Philly area to visit Alan, Janet, Ella, and Nate.  Lisa had just spent over a week with them at the end of July, but I really wanted to get down there and see the whole family, especially since I hadn’t had a chance to meet Nate until then.  We had a great day with the MacDonalds.  We went out to lunch (cheesesteaks!) and dessert (Maggie Moo’s!!), and all played outside their wonderful new home.  It was a shame that I could only see them for an afternoon, but when you live so far away, you take what you can get!  There are also more pics over at their blog.

how to shrink my photos down (and I took too many to post), I created my own picassa page.  Here are some of the many pics I took from our trip to Philly.  We had a wonderful time seeing everyone, and already miss them all!  Penny especially misses Nate and Ella!  We love you guys!  Thanks for a wonderful visit!

Here’s the link…

http://picasaweb.google.com/lisafm/PennyInPhilly#

Last weekend we (along with Rikki, Chris and Jack) rented a cabana in the Elqui Valley.  We stayed in a beautiful cabana on the river and enjoyed sunny warm days and cool nights.  Originally we planned to go camping but a cold front came through so we decided to stay at Casa Piedra (Stone House) instead.  We all had a great time relaxing and playing with the kids.  It was a perfect weekend! (I only have my photos, so I’ll add Steve’s later.)